Type-writing machine.



G. ORBBLL.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.26, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

|NVENTDR= PIE ATTORNEY om Q Mm H s cmom 3D STATES PATENT OFFlC ll.

CLIFFORD ORBELL, OF NEW YORK. N. Y., ASSIGNOR. BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

REMINGTON TYPE'WRITER COMPANY, OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OE NEXV YORK.

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TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 5,1913. Serial No. 717,137.

To [(7] who). it may concern.

tie it known that I. CLIFFORD ORBELL, citizen ot' the United States, and resident of the horongh ol Brooklyn, city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'llv'ipoii'riting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to t; iewriting machines and more particularly to indicating devices associated with the paper teed mechanism.

Regarded from certain aspects, my invention is in the nature of an improvement on the construction disclosed in the patent to D. A. Briggs No. 916.099, dated March 23rd, 1909.

One ot the objects of my invention, generally stated. is to improve the construction disclosed in the above-mentioned patent and to provide mechanism'which is more eft'ective and capable of a wider range of use.

A further object of my invention. generally stated, is to provide improved line indicating devices which may be used with facility and which have a wide range of utilit,

A further object of my invention is to pro vide an improved construction which may be employed as a line indicator to indicate the number oi lines on a sheet as they aresuccessively written, or which may be employed as an indicator for billing work such, for exampddns oondensed record work.

To the above and other ends, which will hereinafter appear. my invention consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations of devices set forth in the following description and partiru'larly pointed out in the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation with parts in section and parts omitted oi ia typewriter carriage embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional view taken through the center of the annular scales. Fig. is a side view of the same. looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2.

l have shown my invention in the presentinstance embodied in a :lo. 14) Remington machine. only St? much of said machine being shown as may be necesflary to arrive at an understanding of my invention, and some of the parts being conventionally represented.

It should be understood, however, that the invention may be embodied in various characters of writing machines in which a rot-ative element or platen is employed to control the line feed of the paper.

The. carriage comprises a truck section 1 to which a platen is connected by parallel links 3, the platen frame being designated as a whole by the reference numeral 2. A rota tive platen 4 is mounted to turn in suitable bearings in the platen frame. Thus the right-hand end of the platen may be assumed to be provided with a spindle which is received in a sleeve or tubular bearing 5 which latter is fixed in an opening in the righthand end plate 6 of the platen frame. The

tubular bearing 5 extends through a vertical slot in the carriage truck 1 and is limited in its case shifting movements by screw stops 7 carried by the truck. A finger wheel 8 is operatively connected with the right-hand end of the platen to turn the same.

The left-hand end of the platen has a platen head 9 connected. therewith by screws 10. A tubular bearing or sleeve it is fixed in the left-hand end plate 12 of the platen frame and extends on opposite. sides thereof. The left-hand portion of this tubular bearing extends through a vertically disposed opening in the truck and cooperates with screw stops I3 and it to limit the vertical. case shitting"inovements of the platen and platen frame. A spiiuillo 15 extends through the tubular hearing member ll and is apertured at the right-halal end thereof to receive a spindle it) which extends longitl'idinal'ly of the platen and is guided in acentral guide opening in the platen head This spindle 16 is detachably connected it h the spindle 15 by a set screw 1? which is received in a tapped opening in the spindle, l5 and engages at its inner end against a flattened wall lb in a recessedport-ion of the spindle 16, thus lOUlilIl the two Spindles 15 and 16 to turn together and to move together longitudimliy ot the platen. "the platen head 5 is provided with a hub l t which surrounds the two spindles l? and to at the point of connection lie-twe n the tvJ-n. This hub has an opening therein by which access may be had to the screw 17 when the opening 20 is in register therewith. The. inner end portion of the spindle ltl is received in a tubular housing 21 contained within the platen and secured in place on l concentric the platen head 9 by being connected to a threaded nipple 22 projecting inwardly from the platen head. The inner end portion of the spindle 16 receives a bearing in to the housing 21. There are as many teeth 27 provided as there are teeth on the line spacing ratchet wheel 29. It has been assumed in the present instance that the line spacing ratchet wheel connected with. the platen is provided with thirty teeth. It will be understood, therefore, that there are thirty teeth 27 provided on the member 28. A coiled expansion spring 30 surrounds the spindle 16 and is contained within the housing2l. One end of this spring bears against the right-hand end wall of the housing, whereas the other end of the spring bears against a collar 31 fixed to the spindle 1.6. The pressure of this spring is ther ore eX- erted to force the spindle to the left and maintain an effective engagement between the pawl 24 and the crown teeth 27 in order to positively lock the two to turn together, for purposes which will hereinafter more clearly appear. It will be understood, however, that a movement of the spindle 15 to the right and longitudinally of the platen produces a corresponding movement of the spindle 16, thereby disengaging'the pawl 24 from the teeth 27 to enable the spindles to be rotatively adjusted independently of the member 28 and the platen with which said member is fixedly connected.

The left-hand end of the spindle 15 is re ceived in a sleeve or bushing 32 fixed by suitable means, as by a threaded connection 33,.with a finger wheel 34, by which the platen may be rotated. The outer end portion of the spindle 15, which is received within the bushing 32, has a flattened face 35 in a recessed portion ofthe spindle. A set screw 36 is received in a tapped opening in the bushing and bears at its inner end against the flattened portion 35 on the spindle, thus connecting the finger piece and spindle to move together both rotatively and longitudinally of the platen. The finger wheel 34 has fixedly connected therewith a disk-like or cylindrical portion orcarrier 37 which is provided with circularly arranged indices on the periphery thereof so as to form an annular scale. In the present instance the finger wheel and annular scale are formed integral, the annular scale being F portion 37 is a pawl or tooth 38 which hasa threaded po rtion 39 received in the body of the member 37. This pawl is adapted to be received in interdental spaces 40 between radially disposed teeth 41 formed on a disklike member or carrier 42 which is likewise mounted concentrically with the platen.

The teeth 41 are arranged on one side of the member 42 and extend in a complete circle around the same, and there arepreit'erably as many teeth 41 as there are line spacing teeth in the ratchet wheel 2!).

The disk-like member or carrier 42 has a "circumferential shoulder 43 formed on the side thereof opposite the teeth 41. A bowed leaf spring, designated as a whole by the refrence numeral 44, is shaped, as best shown in Fig. with two parallel arms 45 and an extension 46. The bushing 32 is formed with a circumferential groove 47 therein an dthe spring is adapted to straddle the bushing, the inner edges of the parallel arms 45 and the part by which they are joined being received in the groove 47 to hold the spring in place. The free ends of the spring are received within the'shoulder portion on the disk and bear against the right-hand .face of the disk to force it bodily toward the member ,37 and the pawl or tooth 38 carried thereby- It should be understood that the spring 44 is sprung into place to hold the disk or carrier 42 in-position and that the disk itself has a central bearing opening through which the bushing 32 is received and on which bushing the disk may receive a rotative adjustment independently of the member 37. The disk 42 is held against accidental displacementfrom the position to which it may have been adjusted relative to the annular scale 37 by the en-. gagement of the teeth 41' with the pawl 38, the two being held in engagement by the spring 44. A rotative movement, however, of the disk 42 for the purposes of adjustment is eflective to cause the teeth 41 to ride over the pawl 38 against the pressure of the spring 44. So far as the manner of connecting the disk 42 with the finger wheel and annular scale 37 is concerned, the fea-. tures herein shown are somewhat similar to those disclosed in the Briggs patent hereinbefore referred to and further detail description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

The disk or carrier 42'has a single circularly arranged series of'numerical indices:

48 on the periphery thereof, such indices being arranged at line space intervals. The

the ratchet wheel, there are thirty numerical indices on the periphery of the disk, 42

and tlltrt indices are arranged progressively from l to 3 the inclices being so arranged that a tin-ward intermittent rotative movement of the platen will cause the higher numhcrs to be brought progressively into register with an indicator 49. This llltllcl tor is provided with a collar 50, tapped to receive a set screw 51. The collar is adapt-- ed to he received on the left-hand end portion of the tubular bearing 11.. the collar heing secu ed to the hearing by the set screw 51- The indicator l9 is thus fixed to the platen frame and is adapted to he mover vertically there vith during the case shifting movements of the platen and platen frame. so that the indicator always in a position to properly co-act with the indices 48. It will he observed that this indi ator also extends to the le' t across the face of the annular scale 37 so to co-act with the numerical indie-es inscribed thereon. These indices on the annular scale I)? are preterahl arranged in two Qllfllllilll" and pro- ;z ressircly arranged series 52 and 5:3. The inilices of each series. are situated at line space intervals as they extend around the periplr oi" the carrier and the indices of the two eries are arranged sii'lel ;-side. The first adjacent to the annular scale 42. has a number of numerical ir ices corre- 1ponilin to the number of teeth in the line l)il(,lllg wheel and corresponding to the numeri al indices on the annular scale in the i i nice the of numerial mun-es s at l and ends at "ZE such 1.

anus-r as the indu- .weu arranged in the nunl; s on the annular scale The second series of numerical indict-s a l begins where the series 52 leaves ill and continues until double Value of the li li s in the series 5'2 is indicated. Thus 1- cm instance the indices 5 begin llll end at G. the index 31 iriline space position he vond or in 1- it the index 3t so that in a tor- .nwrmiiteui line space rotation of the 2 nindex numerals 30.

l wi-l he brought succcssii'elv into ipper edge ot the indica c stood. therefore.

and atl'ord mulling to two sixty indices il tillml cor the platen. or

oiiserx'ed Ll i t the linger w l onverte ons: .ues our int-nu" of a twoon. s .tulch. the oer memhcr ol w is 3;. 1i ionnecu -t to the platen. part c iH li l.- thus c'l erlireto pl-siiir' I nect 1 wheel 3! and the aiini' scale .l the platen l t 'licn. how the finger il i moved to the z t longitudinallv oi" the platen. the nawl 2 s i disengaged from the companion clutch ineini her to afford a rotative adjustment of the. finger wheel and the. annular scale 37 independently of the platen. Moreover, it will he understood that the annular scale 42 turns with the annular s ale 3?. hut may receire a rotative adjustment independently thereof, and that the, finger wheel 3 and the two annular sales, as well as the indiator it). are ar 'anged outside of the platen frame or *arriage and to the left thereof. where the parts may be readily manipulated. adjusted or detached when desired. These parts are detachably connected so that they naf be readily attached to the platen when desired. or the finger wheel 34 and annular scales may he dot: chcd from the spindle and replaced by an ordinary finger wheel. such as thetlnger wheel 8 at the right-hand ol the platen.

The devices such that they may be effectively used merely line incicating de vices to indicate successively the lines written on a sheet, i respective of whatpoint on the sheet the first line of writing begins. in this particular use of the device a sheet may be introduced into the machine and the platen turned to tiring the sheet to a position where the first line of writing is to begin. if. for example. the sheet is in the nature of a letter head so that the first line or writing n-iay begin some distancetroni the leading alge of the sheet, the sheet will be positioned in the machine in the usual manner to receive the first line of Writing. The. linger wheel t t scale.

into register with th indicator 4-9. ln this use of the device the annr ar scale mar he eliminated from C(INTlQRZl JlHEL It will 1 i i w. an. o-

be uuccis ood that tav ninutai stale m enaliles a proper indicatitn to he attorded ot the number ot lines act a pied in the bud t ot where the wo series of nuthe annular scale I in one Jl-i)l t he numerical indices on the. n a contrast in: color. l or cc to series of nd 53. :n e in red and condensedrecord billing work, for example,

a relative setting between the annular scales 4-2 and 3 depending on the depth of the bill head on the invoice sheet, may be attained in the same general manner set forth in the Briggs patent hereinbefore referred to, and which it is deemed unnecessary to repeat herein. The annular scales having been set for theparticular character of invoice sheets employed, and an invoice sheet having been written, it is removed from the machine without disturbing the record and carbon sheets. After the written invoice sheet is removed, another invoice sheet may be introduced in the following manner. The index numeral on the annular scale 42, which is in register with the pointer, is observed by the operator and the platen is turned -backward until the corresponding numeral on the annular-scale 37 is in register with the indicator. For example, if after removal of the first invoice sheet the numeral 23 on the annular scale 42 is in register with the indicator, then the platen is turned backward until the numeral 23 on the annular scale 37 is in register with the indicator, the second invoice sheet is then infioduced and the platen is turned for ward until the numeral 23 on the annular scale 42 is again in register with the fixed indicator. The platen is then rotated forwardly, say, four additional, spaces; This will bring the invoice sheet to a position where the first line to be written thereon is at the'printing line and the record sheet will have been fed. forward fourline'spaces from the position it occupied when the last line of the preceding record was reproduced thereon. This second invoice is then written in the usual manner and is removed from the machine-as before, and so on. f

It will be seen that the indicating devices of my invention may be used at will either as a mere line indicator, and-as such may be used to accurately indicate the number of lines, irrespective of where the writing begins on the sheet, or maybe used for condensed record andother billing .work, as may be desired. v

It will be understood that if there is no occasion to use the indicating'devices-for billing work, but itis intended to employ them merely as line indicating devices, the annular scale 42 may, if desired, be dispensed with, using only the annular scale 37, or the two series of numerical indices 52 and 53, WhlCll are circularly and progressively arranged, and arranged side by side in fixed relation, as shown. I prefer,

however, to employ the construction in the manner shown so that it-may'be readily used at will either as a mere line indicating mechanism or. as billing mechanism.

' \Vhile I have referred to the use of the indicating devices for condensed record billing work, it will'be undertstood that they may be employed for various other uses,

such for example, as filling in blanks or partly printed forms where insertions areto be made'at given blank.

I What I claimas'new and desire to secure lines in the body of the by Letters Patent, is

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination ofa rotative platen, a rotative carrier having circularly arranged indices thereon, a finger wheel to which said carrier is fixedly connected and by which the platen may be turned, means for connecting said finger wheel and platen to turn together and for disconnecting them whendesired to afford a rotative adjustment of said finger wheel and carrier independently of they platen, and an indicator with which the indices on the carrier are adapted to reglster.

2. In a typewrltlng machine, the combination of a rotative platen, a rotative carrier having circularly arranged indices thereon, a finger wheel to which said .carrier is fixedly connected and by which the platen may be turned, a clutch for connecting said finger wheel and platen to turn together, means for releasing said clutch to afford a rotative movement of the finger wheel and a corresponding rotative adjustment of the carrier independently 'of the platen, and an indicator with which the in dices on the carrier are adapted to register. 3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen, a 'rotative carrier having circularly arranged indices thereon, a finger wheel to which said carrier is fixedly connected and by which the platen may be turned, a clutch for connecting said finger wheel and platen toturn together, means under control of said finger wheel for releasing said clutch to afford a rotative movement of the finger wheel and a corresponding rota-ti-ve adjustment of the carrier independently of the platen, a movementof said finger whee-l1- lon'gitudinally of the platen efi'ectinga release of the platen, and an indicator with which the' indices on the carrier are adapted to register.

- 4. In atypewriting machine, the combione complete rotationof the platen, a finger wheel towhich said carrier is fixedly connected and by which the platen may be means? turned, means for connecting the finger wheel and platen to turn together and for disconnecting them when desired to afford a rotative adjustment of said linger wheel and carrier independently of the platen. and a relatively fixed indicator with which said indices are ln'ouglit successively into register as the platen rotates.

5. In atypewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen, a rotative disklike carrier arranged concentrically with the platen and having on the periphery thereof circularl arranged munerical indices which extend progressivel n more than one complete (ll'('l. around said carrier to indicate more than a complete rotation of the platen a linger wheel to which said carrier is lixedly connected and by which the platen may he turned. means for connecting the linger wheel and platen to turn together and for disconnecting them when desired to att'ord a rotative adjustment of said linger wheel and carrier indepeinlently of the platen, and a relatively lixed indi ator with which said indices are brought successively into register the platen rotates.

(3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen. a rotative disklilte carrier arranged concentrica ly with the platen and having on the periphery thereof circularly arranged numerical indices which extend progressively in more than one complete -ircle around said carrier to indicate more than a complete rotation of the platen, a linger wheel to which said carrier fixedly connected and by which the platen may he turned, a clutch which connects the linger wheel and platen, means controlled by said linger wheel for disconnecting said clutch to afford a rotatire adjustment of the linger wheel and indicator independently of the platen. and a relatively fixed indicator with which said indices are brought successively into register as the platen rotates.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen, a rotative carrier having circularly arranged indices which extend in more than one complete circle around said carrier to indicate more than one complete rotation of the platen, a finger wheel to which said carrier is fixedly connected and by which the platen may he turned, said linger wheel and indicator being arranged outside of the platen frame and detachahly connected with the platen, means for connecting the finger wheel and platen to turn together and for disconnecting them when desired to afford a rotative adjustment of said finger wheel and carrier independently of the platen, and a relatively fixed indicator with which said in dices are brought successively into register as the platen rotates.

8. In a typewriting machine. the combination of a rot-ative platen, a rotative disklike carrier arranged con entrically with the platen and having on the periphcrv thereof circularly arranged numerical indices which extend progressi\'el in more than one complete circle around said carrier to indicate more than a complete rotation of the platen. a finger wheel to which said carrier is fixedly connected and h) which the platen may he turned, said linger wheel being arranged outside of the platen frame and detachahly connected with the platen, a clutch which connects the finger wheel and platen to turn together. means for releasing said clutch to enable the tin- .ger wheel and 'arrier to receive a rotative adjustment independentl) ot' the platen, and an indicator with which th indices on the carrier are brought successively into register during the rotation of the platen.

9. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen, a carrier in ranged concentrically with the platen and outside of the platen fra me and having two circular series of numerical indices ar anfl'ed,

side by side, the numerical indices of the two series being progressively arranged on the periphery of the carrier and fixed relatively to each other on the. carrier, a clutch which normally connects the carrier and platen to turn together, means for releasing said clutch to enable the carrier to he rotatively adjusted independently of the platen. and an indicator with which said indices are adapted to register.

10. in a typewriting machine, the combination of a rota-tire platen, a carrier arranged concentrically with the platen and outside of the platen fame and having two circular series of numerical indices arranged side by side. the. munerical indices of the two series being progressively arranged on the periphery of the carrier and fixed relatively to each other on the carrier, a spring pressed clutch which normally positively connects the carrier and platen to turn together. means controlled by a movement of said carrier longitudinally of the platen for releasing said clutch to enable the carrier to he rotatively adjusted independently of the platen, and an indicator with which said indices are adapted to register.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen, a carrier arranged concentrically with the platen and having circularly and progressively arrange numerical indices that ext nd in more than one complete circle around the eriphery of said carrier to indicate the lines for more than one complete rotation of the platen, said indices being fixed relatively to one another on the carrier, :1 clutcln contained Within the platen for normallyl Con necting the platen and carrier to rotate together, means for releasing said clutch to enable the carrier to be rotatively adjusted independently of the platen, and an indi eater with which the indices on the carrier are adapted to register.

12. In a typewriting machine, the combinat on of a rotative platen, a carrier arranged concentrically with the platen and outside of the platen frame and having two eirenlarr series of numerical indices arranged side-by-side, the numerical indices of the two series" being progressively arranged ranged concentrically with the platen and outside of the platen frame and having two circular series of numerical indices arranged sideby-side, the numerical indices of the two series being progressively arranged on the periphery of the carrier and fixed relatively to each ,other, a finger. wheel with which said carrier is fixedly connected, a spring pressed clutch which normally positively connects said finger wheel carrier and platen to turn together and which enables said finger wheel to turn the platen, means controlled by a movement of said finger wheel and carrier longitudinally of the platen for releasing said clutch to enable the finger wheel and carrier to be rotatively adjusted independently of the platen, and an indicator with which said indices are adapted to register.

14. In a typewriting machine, the-combination of a rotative platen, a carrier arranged concentrically with the platen and having circularly and progressively arranged numerical indices that extend in more than one complete circle around the periphery of said'carrier to indicate the lines for more than one complete rotation of the platen, said indices being fixed relatively to one another on the carrier, a finger wheel fixedly connected with said carrier,-

the finger wheel and carrier being arranged outside of the platen frame, a clutch 0on tamed within the platen for normally connecting the platen, finger wheel and carrier to rotate together, means for releasing said clutch to enable the finger wheel and, carrier'to be rotatively adjusted independently of the platen, and an indicator with which the indices on the carrier are-adapted .to register. V

15. In a typewritin machine, the combination of a rotative platen, two rot-a'tive can riers each provided with circularly arranged indices, means for operatlvely connecting the two carriers so that they may rotate together and so that one of the carriers may receive a rotative adjustment independently of the other, means for positively connecting one of the carriers with the platen so that both carriers may rotate therewith and may receive a'ro-tative adjustment together inde pendently of the platen, and an indicator with which said indices are adapted to register.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a rotative platen, two relatively adjust-able annular scales, means for connecting one of said scales with 'the platen so that it may be fixedly connected tov turn vtherewith or both of said scales may receive a rotative adjustment together independent-ly of the platen, separate means for operatively connecting. said scales to .turntogether', and an indicator with which the'indiceson said scales are adapted to register.

17. In a typewriting machine, the combi nation of a rotative platen, two relatively adjustable annular scales, a releasable positively acting clutch between the platen and one of said scales so that the last mentioned scale may be positively connected to turn with the platen or may be freed therefrom for rotative adjustment independently of the platen, separate means for operatively connecting said scales to 'tu'rn together, and an indicator with which the indices on said, I

scales are adapted to register.

18. In a typewritingmachine, the combination of a rotative platen, two relatively adjustable annular scales, a releasable positively-acting clutch between the platen and one of said scales so that the last mentioned scale may.-bepos1t1vely.connected to turn with the platen or may be freed therefrom in order that both of said scales may receive a rotative adjustment together independently of theplaten, a release of the clutch being effected by a movement of said clutch connected scale longitudinally of the platen,

separate means for opera'tively connecting said scales to turn together, and an indicator with which the indices on said scales are adapted to register.

19. In a typewriting machine. thecombination of a rotative platen. two relatively rotatively adjustable annular scales one of which is formed as a part of a fingrwheel by which the platen may be turned, means for fixedly connecting said last mentioned scale and finger wheel to turn with the platen and for freeing said scale and finger wheel to enable a rotative adjustment thereof independently of the platen to beeff ected, and an indicator with which the indices on said scales are adapted to" register. W

20, In a' typewriting machine, thecomb i nalion of a rotatlve platen, two relatively vnation of a rotative platen, a carrier arrangd concentrically with the platen and outside of the platen frame and having two 7 circular series of numerical indices arranged 'side by side, the numerical indices of the two series being progressively arranged on the periphery of the carrier and fixed relatively to each other, a finger wheel with g which said carrier is fixedly connected, a

10 spring-pressed clutch which n'ormallypositively connects said finger wheel carrier and platen to turn together and which enables said finger wheel to turn the platen, means controlled by 'a movement of said finger wheel and carrier longitudinally of the platen for releasing said clutch to enable the finger wheel and carrier to be rotat-ively adjust'ed independently of the platen, a second carrier having circularly arranged indices thereon and which is mounted to turn with nation of a rotative platen, a rotative carrier mounted concentrically with the platen and having two series of circularly and progressively arranged numerical indlces extending around the periphery thereot, the numerical indices of the two series being arranged side by side and one beginning where the other leaves OE and the numerical series next to, the platen beginning with 1, means for connecting the carrier and platen to turn together and for freeing the carrier whereby said second carrier may be rotatively adjusted independently of the first mentioned carrier, and an indicator with which said indices are adapted to register.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 24th day of August A. D. 1912.

' CLIFFORD ORBELL.

\Vitncsses:

E. M. VVnnLs,

Gunners E. SMITH.

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